Downtown Biddeford Faces Rebuke As Needs A Revitalization
A Monday Journal feature notes Louis Lanza of the SBA criticizes Biddeford’s downtown as “sick.” It outlines neglect by merchants and landlords, limited city power, and past failed revival efforts. A merchants committee aims to craft proposals with city aid, hoping seed funds materialize.
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Biddeford
Louis Lanza
Small Business Administration Office
Lanza
Lucien Dutremble
Roger Johnson
Economic Improvement Commission
Johnson
City Hall
Merchants’ Committee
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Kissinger Reports Real Progress on Israeli Syrian Pact
Secretary of State Kissinger briefed 16 congressional leaders at the White House after an 11 day trip that yielded a disengagement deal between Israel and Egypt and progress toward talks with Syria. He cited Assad's constructive suggestions and noted potential prisoner exchanges and Red Cross visits if progress continues.
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Henry Kissinger
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George H. Mahon
D-Tex
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Mahon
Nixon
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Egypt
Syria
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House
London
Hafez Assad
Red Cross
U.S
Anwar Sadat
Assad
Suez
Tara West
Suez Canal
United States
Suez Front
Jordan
Zaid Rifai
Biddeford School Evaluation Report To Be Revealed
Biddeford administrators teachers and local citizens involved in the school evaluation project will meet the school board Wednesday at 7 p.m. in Biddeford High School lecture room to discuss a near sixty page report with over 300 recommendations. A separate citizens report under ten pages will also be discussed and press copies will be provided Wednesday night prior to the board discussion.
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Biddeford
Biddeford High School
Offshore oil at stake on Paracel Islands
London AP reports senior diplomats say China’s claims to Paracel Spratly and Senkaku islands aim to control around 150 offshore groups and the potential oil beneath the South and East China seas. The piece outlines competing claims by China, South Vietnam, Taiwan, Japan, and the Philippines across Paracel, Spratly, and Senkaku sites with historical backgrounds and recent contestations.
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China
Paracel Islands
Peking
South
East China
South Vietnam
Japan
Philippines
Generalissimoe
Chiang Kai-shek
Taiwan
Paracel Archipelago
Hainan Island
da Nang
Vietnam
People
Saigon
Manila
Spratlys
France
Indochina
Senkaku Islands
Ishigaki
Ryukyu Chain
Ryukyus
Okinawa
Pacific Gulf
American Gulf Oil Co
Inroads Reported Against Organized Crime Bosses
Washington AP says the Justice Department reports internal disarray in crime syndicates as many bosses are jailed. Despite prison influence, most imprisoned leaders return to profit from crime. regions like New England Midwest New York and Miami show disruption from indictments and convictions.
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Justice Department
William S. Lynch
New England
Midwest
New York
Miami
Nixon aide Porter charged with lying to FBI in Watergate case
Herbert L. Porter a former scheduling director for Nixon re election committee was charged by the Watergate prosecutor with lying to FBI about the break in Porter waived grand jury bid and aims to plead guilty The US district judge urged presenting the case to the grand jury as tapes from the Watergate affair under review by the grand jury.
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Herbert L. Porter
Nixon
Special
Watergate
FBI
Porter
Charles B. Murray
Senate Watergate Committee
Federal Grand Jury
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Henley testimony expected soon in Texas mass murders case
Houston AP reports Elmer Wayne Henley’s attorney says the 17 year old will testify this week in a pre trial hearing. Cordell Kerley Rhonda Williams expected to testify as well. Detectors testified about a homosexu al incident and the involvement in killings of 27 teens.
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Tex
Elmer Wayne Henley
Texas
Will Gray
Cordell Timothy Kerley
Rhonda Williams
Henley
Dean Allen Corll
Corll
Kerley
Gray
David Owen
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